Heavy Metal Contamination and Exposure Risk Assessment via Drinking Groundwater
A special issue of Toxics (ISSN 2305-6304). This special issue belongs to the section "Exposome Analysis and Risk Assessment".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 July 2023) | Viewed by 5059
Special Issue Editor
Interests: health risk assessments due to natural radiation dose from the environment; heavy-ion radiation damage studies in track recorders and assessment of radiation dose due to building materials; radiation-induced modifications in polymeric track detectors; physico-chemical investigations and the estimation of uranium and other heavy toxic metals in drinking water samples for health risk assessments
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Heavy metal contamination of the groundwater through anthropogenic activities is a major problem and has become a global cause of concern. The main heavy metals emitted into the atmosphere by human activities are Zinc (Zn), Copper (Cu), Nickel (Ni), Lead (Pb), Molybdenum (Mo), Cobalt (Co), Antimony (Sb), Tin (Sn), Chromium (Cr), Selenium (Se), Arsenic (As), Mercury (Hg) And Cadmium (Cd). Some of these are toxic even at very low concentrations. Not only does it pose degradation of the quality of groundwater, but all the beings who depend on this contaminated water have started to face various health effects. So, there is an immediate need of proper assessment and analysis of these heavy metals. Many of the recent works on the check of groundwater quality around the globe especially in the developing countries have reported the contamination of groundwater sources. The effluent released from the industries is released sometimes directly into the water sources, leading to an immediate contamination of water. If this water is used by humans without any treatment, the risk of bad health and toxicity increases. Keeping in view of all these factors, this special issue will bring out the actual levels of contamination in the groundwater and also be helpful in assessment of health risks to the people being exposed to these heavy metals.
Dr. Rohit Mehra
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- heavy metals
- toxicity
- health risk assessment
- groundwater
- water pollution
- drinking water
- anthropogenic sources
- ICP-MS
- AAS
